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Food safety scandals are plaguing Africa. From contaminated meat to GMOs and toxic milk for babies, the dangers to people’s health from industrial food production are real. Here we [...]

AFSA is delighted to announce the publication of a new book, “STORIES OF SEED ACTIVISM: JOURNALISTS FROM 14 COUNTRIES REPORTING PEOPLES SOLUTION TO CORPORATE CONTROL OF AFRICA’S [...]

[Kampala, Uganda, September 6, 2021] The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa is pleased to declare September as Agroecology Activism Month and commence a one-month social media campaign [...]

For over two decades, and in defence of life and democracy, diverse constituencies in Africa have promoted the rights of small farmers and their seed systems, and have expressed and continue to [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked the most havoc in Africa. The poor and vulnerable were the worst hit by the pandemic due to their incapacity to cope with the economic consequences that [...]

PRESS RELEASE [Kampala, Uganda, August 16, 2021] The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa announced the inaugural AFSA Africa Agroecology Awards, launching a call on 9 August 2021 for [...]

In July 2020, an alliance of five African and five German organizations published the study “False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)”. It is the first [...]

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the Eastern Africa Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Africa [...]

Date: June 18, 2021 Dr. Agnes Kalibata Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit We would like to express our gratitude for your letter dated May 26, 2021. The [...]

Farmers in Africa are the custodians of centuries-old knowledge about seed, agriculture, and ecology. Each seed is a legacy of power, heritage and divine rights. While farmers’ seed varieties are [...]

From 27 to 29 October 2020, AFSA held its third Biennial Food Systems Conference and Celebration. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, AFSA decided to hold this conference virtually. The [...]

[Kampala, Uganda, April 20, 2021] – The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is pleased to officially launch a three-day social media campaign on Agroecology for a Just Food System and [...]

By the time the WHO (World Health Organization) declared on January 30, 2020, that COVID19 was an international public health emergency, no one imagined the magnitude of the damage this disease [...]

AFSA is pleased to launch a new book entitled “African Coronavirus Stories: Perspectives on COVID-19 Challenges to Livelihoods and Food Systems.” The impact of COVID 19 on food [...]

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, Tanzania’s government took the crucial leap of joining the global community of nations that rule out GMOs and choose a just, healthy and sustainable path to [...]

AFSA’s new study on Land Rights in Africa identifies the drivers of the land use changes that have displaced millions of rural people and continue to threaten millions more – particularly women; [...]